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7608842 |
Driving scanning fiber devices with variable frequency drive signals
Methods of moving or vibrating cantilevered optical fibers of scanning fiber devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method may include vibrating the cantilevered optical fiber at an initial...
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7603013 |
Fiberscopes and fiber bundles
An elongate imaging fiber bundle may include a plurality of elongate optical fibers coherently arranged in the bundle, the plurality including peripheral fibers at a periphery of the bundle and...
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7599591 |
Optical delivery systems and methods of providing adjustable beam diameter, spot size and/or spot shape
An optical device and method for varying an optical characteristic of an optical beam can include a plurality of optical fibers each having an input end, an output end, and a core, wherein each of...
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7587109 |
Hybrid fiber coupled artificial compound eye
A hybrid, wide angle imaging system combines high sensitivity superposition arrays with a high resolution apposition array to generate distortion free images with an infinite depth of field. A...
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7583876 |
Illuminable image-conducting optical assembly including light-conductive optics housing for creating an illuminating halo
An illuminable image-conducting optical assembly includes an illuminable image-transporting optical fiber bundle having (i) an inner image-conducting bundle with opposed image-input and...
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7580550 |
Fingerprint-image-forming optical device
The invention relates to an optical device which is used to form a fingerprint image. The inventive device comprises an optical plate having a first main face on which a finger is placed, a first...
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7577471 |
Optical coherence tomography system
An optical coherence tomography system includes a catheter in which is arranged a plurality of light conducting fibers. It further includes a plurality of optical units. Light from the proximal end...
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7570855 |
Conduit bundles including first-type and second-type conduits with disparate properties
A conduit bundle includes an inner bundle of first-type conduits extending between inner-bundle first and second ends. The first-type conduits are mutually and adjacently bonded along coinciding...
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7558455 |
Receiver aperture broadening for scanned beam imaging
A scanning beam assembly includes a beam generator to generate a beam of radiation; at least one reflector configured to deflect the beam across a field of view; and a plurality of multi-mode...
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7555185 |
Microchannel plate with segmented mounting pads
A microchannel plate and a method of making same are disclosed. The microchannel plate has an active area and at least one solid glass pad. The active area has a plurality of microchannels formed...
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7548676 |
Apparatus and method for forming an optical converter
An optical converter and method for making same is provided. In accordance with the method, the present invention provides an improved apparatus and methods for fabrication of an optical converter....
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7548672 |
Fiber-based light source device
The present invention provides a fiber-based light source device, which includes a plurality of first, second or third light-emitting devices for respectively emitting a plurality of first, second...
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7546015 |
Optical fiber microscopy launch system and method
A launch system and method for microscopy having an optical fiber positioned proximate a sample slide with an optical fiber mounting element so as to deliver an EMR from the optical fiber into a...
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7522796 |
Camera integral with optical fiber
A camera ( 1 ) has a tubular housing ( 3 ) having an emission window ( 7 ). A unitized optical fiber bundle ( 9 ) is provided on the inner surface of the housing ( 3 ) by utilizing a bundle of...
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7504622 |
High throughput multi beam detection system and method
A high-throughput inspection system and method. The system includes: (i) a charged particles to light converter adapted to convert a secondary array of charged particle beams to a first array of...
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7502537 |
Optical fiber-bundle and fiber-optic processing equipment using the same
A fiber-bundle disclosed has: a bundle of a plurality of optical fibers each receives a light beam in one end and emits the light beam from the other end; and an adjuster to adjust positions of a...
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7502535 |
Three color digital gobo system
A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after...
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7492998 |
Fiber bundles and methods of making fiber bundles
The present invention relates to fiber bundles and methods for making fiber bundles. According to one embodiment of the invention, at the endface of the fused fiber bundle, the ratio of the...
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7486868 |
Light-emitting fibers intertwined in grass related to a player's or game object's position
A method, system and computer program product for improving accuracy and experience of a game. Signals are sent from a computer system to appropriate sensors based on a player's or game object's...
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7483609 |
Image wavelength conversion device, method of manufacturing the device, and image conversion system using the device
An image wavelength conversion device for converting an infrared light image into a visible light, a method of manufacturing the device, and an image conversion system using the device are...
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7483607 |
Dual core optic fiber illuminated laser probe
A microsurgical laser probe primarily used in ophthalmic surgery provides both laser light and illumination light to a surgical site from a single light source. The laser probe has a dual core...
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7480433 |
Electro-optical stimulation/measurement
An electro-optical system includes an array including a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of electrodes, and an insulator. The optical fibers are configured to transmit light, the optical...
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7477312 |
Photographing apparatus, photographing method, and method for measuring converted data representing a fiber-array image
A 360°-image is formed on the object-side surface (doughnut-shaped) 15 of an optical fiber array 13 . The image is applied from the element-side surface 16 of the array, which is...
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7460755 |
Method and apparatus for combining laser light
A fiber optic apparatus formed by fusing together multiple optical fibers and stretching the fused optical fibers to form a tapered portion. The tapered portion is cleaved or cut and polished to...
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7444046 |
Diode laser array coupling optic and system
A single piece optic for coupling the output of a diode laser array into an optical fiber array is provided. The coupling optic has a planar back surface which, during use with a diode laser array,...
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7430350 |
Multi-length flexible image bundle
A method for manufacturing an image fiber bundle that includes the steps of aligning a plurality of image fibers into a bundle, bonding the plurality of image fibers in at least three regions to...
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7418178 |
Multi-core fiber
A multi-core optical fiber apparatus is disclosed. The multi-core optical fiber apparatus includes a cladding comprising quartz and a plurality of cores embedded in the cladding. Each of the cores...
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7413311 |
Speckle reduction in laser illuminated projection displays having a one-dimensional spatial light modulator
A projection display including a one-dimensional light modulator includes an optical arrangement for projecting light from a laser onto the modulator in the form of a line of light. Light from the...
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7412140 |
Apparatus for acquiring image information using array of image acquisition units having optical device
The present invention relates to an apparatus for acquiring image information using array of image acquisition units, each having an optical device. The apparatus for acquiring image information...
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7412131 |
Multilayer optic device and system and method for making same
An optic device, system and method for making are described. The optic device includes a first solid phase layer having a first index of refraction with a first photon transmission property and a...
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7410286 |
Flat-panel display using tapered waveguide
A video display for two or three dimensions has a flat liquid-crystal screen which ejects light from the plane at a selectable line. One or, in the case of a 3-D display, several video projectors...
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7376329 |
Laser hardening tool
The invention provides a laser hardening tool having little laser output loss. The laser hardening tool 100 condenses the irradiated beams LB 1 from a semiconductor laser stack 120 via a...
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7376314 |
Fiber coupled artificial compound eye
A multiple aperture array, wide angle imaging system incorporates compound refractive optics modeled after the eyes of insects. The system channels light through the apertures of a convex spatial...
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7366382 |
Optical beam diagnostic device and method
An optical beam diagnostic device includes one or more sets of coherent optical fiber bundles, wherein one end of the coherent optical fiber bundles is arranged to receive optical information from...
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7359601 |
Device and method for delivery of long wavelength laser energy to a tissue site
A laser energy delivery device is provided that is suitable for irradiating a body tissue with relatively long wavelength laser energy in the presence of an aqueous liquid without significant...
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7352938 |
Drive for system for processing fiber optic connectors
An apparatus for moving a fiber including a plurality of fiber optic connectors through a system for processing the plurality of fiber optic connectors. The apparatus can include a first drive...
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7349605 |
Fiber breakout with radio frequency identification device
A fiber breakout for connecting a branch cable to a fiber optic distribution cable is disclosed. The fiber breakout can include an optical ribbon separated from the distribution cable at a breakout...
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7346245 |
Switch-type imaging fiber apparatus and branch-type imaging fiber apparatus
A switch-type imaging fiber apparatus and a branch-type imaging fiber apparatus are provided. Light emitted from a laser light source is made incident on an opening of an IF (image fiber) guided by...
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7336988 |
Multi-photon endoscopy
An apparatus includes an optical element, a GRIN lens, and a detector. The optical element has a first optical aperture. The GRIN lens has first and second ends. The first end of the GRIN lens is...
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7336874 |
Display element and display device
A display device is constructed with conductive fibers which are coated with a display medium and are woven together with transparent conductive fibers. The conductive fibers coated with a display...
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7333700 |
Scanning apparatus and endoscope
An endoscope includes a generally cylindrical optical waveguide, an light source emitting a laser beam, and a generally annular photodiode. The optical waveguide is provided at the distal end of...
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7313305 |
Display
An image display comprises an image display device for generating a viewable image; and an optical angular selector (290) for selecting an angular range of light to form the viewable image, the...
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7308177 |
Partially flexible wound optical fiber bundle having intermediate rigid regions and methods of fabricating the same
A of fabricating a partially flexible optical fiber bundle includes forming plural helical fiber ribbons, each helical ribbon being formed by winding a fiber about a mandrel and adjacently fusing a...
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7298947 |
Optical panel system including stackable waveguides
An optical panel system including stackable waveguides is provided. The optical panel system displays a projected light image and comprises a plurality of planar optical waveguides in a stacked...
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7292760 |
Optical converter formed from flexible strips
A fiber optic faceplate fabricated using a series of stacked ribbon structures. Each ribbon structure comprises optical fiber segments that run from an input edge to an output edge with fixed input...
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7292390 |
Fiber-coupled multiplexed confocal microscope
A confocal microscope system that is inherently fiberoptic compatible is described which has line scanning aided image formation. An incoherent fiberoptic bundle maps a line illumination pattern...
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7289707 |
Multi-core optical fiber image amplifier and method of drawing
A low-noise, high-gain optical image amplifier includes a multi-mode pump source that injects optical energy into an active fiber's inner cladding to excite the dopant ions in a 2-D array of doped...
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7289705 |
Cable having signal conductors surrounding optically transmissive core remote imaging system
An optical imaging system with a flexible cable having a first end and a second end. The cable has a central core element including a flexible optical conduit, with a number of wires surrounding...
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7286295 |
Microoptical compound lens
An apposition microoptical compound lens comprises a plurality of lenslets arrayed around a segment of a hollow, three-dimensional optical shell. The lenslets collect light from an object and focus...
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7280723 |
Illumination assembly including a rigid light-guiding element incorporating a numerical-aperture alteration taper
An illumination assembly includes a light-emitting element that emits light over a light-source numerical aperture and an elongated light-guiding element including opposed incident and emission...
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